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Snippets

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Get a zone snippet content

GET/zones/{zone_id}/snippets/{snippet_name}/content

Fetches the content of a snippet belonging to the zone.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Snippets WriteSnippets Read

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zone_id: string

Use this field to specify the unique ID of the zone.

snippet_name: string

Identify the snippet.

Get a zone snippet content

HTTP

HTTP

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Terraform

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/snippets/$SNIPPET_NAME/content \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

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